R help - Jun 2010 - Read SPSS v 18 .sav file

Hi,

I repeatedly get an error when trying to read an SPSS v. 18 .sav file into R.
> require(foreign)
Loading required package: foreign
> femaleSPSS.dat <- read.spss("female-04-02-2010.sav")
Warning message:
In read.spss("female-04-02-2010.sav") :
  female-04-02-2010.sav: Unrecognized record type 7, subtype 18 encountered in
system file
> 
However, read.spss works for .sav files created in older versions of spss.

I did just reinstall foreign to be sure I have the latest version. Does anyone
know of an update that works?

Thanks,

Larry Hotchkiss

On Jun 18, 2010, at 10:26 AM, Larry Hotchkiss wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I repeatedly get an error when trying to read an SPSS v. 18 .sav  
> file into R.
No, you did not get an error message.
>
>> require(foreign)
> Loading required package: foreign
>> femaleSPSS.dat <- read.spss("female-04-02-2010.sav")
> Warning message:
> In read.spss("female-04-02-2010.sav") :
>  female-04-02-2010.sav: Unrecognized record type 7, subtype 18  
> encountered in system file
>>
>
> However, read.spss works for .sav files created in older versions of  
> spss.
>
> I did just reinstall foreign to be sure I have the latest version.  
> Does anyone know of an update that works?
What makes you think it didn't work? It was _only_ a warning message  
after all. Have you looked at femaleSPSS.dat in your workspace?

Had you done a search of the archives you would have found many such  
early discussions:

RSiteSearch("Unrecognized record type 7, subtype 18 encountered in  
system file")

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West Hartford, CT